The Coccidian Genus Cyclospora

Compiled by
Donald W. Duszynski1, Steve J. Upton2, and Lee
Couch1

1Department
of Biology, University
of New
Mexico2Division of
Biology, Kansas State University

Supported by NSF-PEET DEB 9521687

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The genus Cyclospora Schneider, 1881 is characterized by oocysts with 2 sporocysts, each
sporocyst with 2 sporozoites. Although a number of species from rodents and insectivores appear
to be valid, perhaps all species from reptiles are misidentifications of Isospora or
Sarcocystsis spp.

Ford, P.I., Duszynski, D.W., and McAllister, C.T. 1990. Coccidia (Apicomplexa) from
heteromyid rodents in the southwestern United States, Baja California, and northern Mexico with
three new species from Chaetodipus hispidus. Journal of Parasitology 76:
325-331.

Golemansky, V.G. 1979. On the coccidia (Coccidia: Eimeriidae) of small mammals from the
Parangalitsa, Ropotamo and Sreburna reserves in Bulgaria. Acta Zoologica Bulgaria 12: 12-26.